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New Math: Jobs 'Saved or Created' in Congressional Districts That Don't Exist

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout: Debate & Discussion' started by basso, Nov 16, 2009.

  1. basso

    basso Member
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    reportedly, republicans are fielding candidates in each of the non-existent districts.
     
  2. 3d-homer

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    Wonder which one of those non-existent districts was the birth place of Obama...... <rimshot>
     
  3. rocketsjudoka

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    I just saw the Daily Show interview and I don't think it excuses the Admin. given the type of errors, ie having a "00" district. While most people might not know what their district is, I live in the 5th CD of MN BTW, they should know there is no such thing as 0 district. That error crops up in several states and strikes me as a database error than an error in the data input.

    Biden is probably right there were people who put down the wrong Congressional district but it seems like he either isn't aware of the extent of the error or is throwing those people under the bus to deflect blame from the Admin..

    Anyway I think while this is embarrassing I don't see anything hinting at a conspiracy to inflate the numbers, other than that the quantification of jobs saved is rather vague.
     
  4. Depressio

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    Trick question! He was born in Kenya.

    ... right?
     
  5. vlaurelio

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    birther sighting :grin:
     
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    For some reason my "rim shot" didn't show up after my comment.
     
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    If you are responsible for a project that spans multiple districts, it seems perfectly plausible that somebody would be confused how to enter that. Suppose that person calls some low level admin person who says to enter '0'. That then gets repeated to the next person.

    I can EASILY see how District 0 is nothing more than a data entry problem. But a database error is also possible.

    Either way, if the website was designed to specifically show spending by district, then this is inexcusible. But since the view by district is nothing more than one possible option of many how to display the data, it's perfectly logical to conclude that they didn't really put much thought into it ...and somebody on the right latched onto this as an opportunity to embaress Obama.

    Again, this accountability website has NEVER been done before on this scale by a politician. Give credit to Obama for TRYING to be transparent (which is 100x more than any president prior has done) ...rather than harpooning him for missing some insignificant detail. The big picture goal of the website was accomplished. The only quivil is viewing the data by district.
     
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    I think the main thing I got from the interview was that even though the congressional districts listed are wrong, the number of jobs listed is correct.
     
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    Exactly, and David Obey is an ass for grandstanding on this. I'm generally satisfied that the democrats are truly a party that allows disagreement but to take and opportunity to score poltical points when the adminstration is breaking new ground in accountability, well then you're just a jackass
     
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    http://www.nowhampshire.com/2009/11...d-in-new-hampshire’s-satirical-00th-district/

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    Bosse enters race for GOP nod in New Hampshire’s satirical 00th district
    November 20, 2009 by Patrick

    Republican activist and free market think-tanker Grant Bosse formally declared his candidacy today in New Hampshire’s 00th Congressional District after news that the Obama administration has attributed a majority of the state’s stimulus jobs to that non-existent district.

    Bosse is in
    New Hampshire has only two congressional districts, neither of which are numbered “00.”

    “Even a fake district needs real leadership,” said Bosse while appearing on WGIR’s Charlie Sherman show on Friday morning.

    “The people overseeing the stimulus actually found more fake congressional districts than there are real congressional districts. So if we run in all 440 phantom congressional seats we can take over Congress,” Bosse said as the radio host chuckled along.

    “I can’t do this alone,” Bosse said at his press conference. “This needs to be a nationwide effort. We need to find candidates as fantastic and unbelievable as the stimulus numbers the Obama administration has given us.”

    Bosse really was a candidate for Congress during the 2008 Republican primary in the real district of NH-02, which covers the Western part of the state. He lost to Jennifer Horn, who sources tell NowHampshire.com will endorsed Bosse’s fake candidacy today.

    Former New Hampshire Attorney General and Republican U.S. Senate hopeful Kelly Ayotte endosed Bosse’s fake candidacy.

    “The massive spending in Washington that Paul Hodes continues to support with the 787 billion dollar ’stimulus’ and now the trillion dollar government takeover of health care clearly needs to be reined in by someone who understands the importance of fiscal prudence. There is currently an absurd lack of transparency and accountability for Granite Staters’ hard earned tax dollars,” said Brooks Kochvar, campaign manager for former Attorney General Kelly Ayotte, in the campaign’s endorsement announcement.

    “If Paul Hodes and the professional politicians in Washington would read the legislation before they vote for it, both the federal budget and New Hampshire’s families’ budgets would be better off.”

    Bossee will talk about his fake candidacy on Fox News Channel with Neal Cavuto on Friday afternoon.

    Bosse’s fake candidacy to win a fake congressional district is a protest of sorts. This week several news reports pointed out that President Barack Obama’s Recovery.gov, the site developed by the White House to provide “transparent” information about the stimulus, is riddled with errors, including 700 congressional districts that don’t actually exist.

    Many conservatives are furious that the federal government has apparently lost track of where a significant portion of the $787 billion stimulus money has gone.
     

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